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Ahmad Alaadeen, Pearl Thuston, Luqman Hamza, Myra Taylor, and others at the Gem Theater

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Group shot of Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor (seated) and others during...

Date Published
May-02-2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Pearl Thuston, Luqman Hamza, Myra Taylor, Clark Terry, and others at the Gem Theater

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Group shot of Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor (seated, left), Clark Terry...

Date Published
May-02-2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Carol Fran and Myra Taylor at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

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Carol Fran and Myra Taylor sit side by side and smile at the photographer at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios...

Date Published
October-18-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Carol Fran, Myra Taylor, and Bob Stroger at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

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Bob Stroger, wearing a cowboy hat with a peacock feather in the hat band, crouches down to the left of a seated Myra Taylor and Carol Fran and extends...

Date Published
October-18-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Evie Quarles and Myra Taylor at Washington Park in Kansas City, MO

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Evie Quarles sits to Myra Taylor's right as Myra puts her left arm around Evie's shoulders at Washington Park in Kansas City, MO. Both are smiling at...

Date Published
August-10-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Geneva Price, Myra Taylor, Lori Tucker, and Millie Edwards entertain

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A standing Geneva Price looks at Millie Edwards as she, Lori Tucker and Millie surround Myra Taylor seated in the middle holding a microphone. Known...

Date Published
February-02-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Gig at Californo's

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Myra Taylor sits on a chair on the deck at Californo's while Millie Edwards, Geneva Price, and Lori Tucker sit on high top chairs. Bill Maness and...

Date Published
June-24-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Lou Dare, Saint Charles, and Myra Taylor at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2008

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Lou Dare and Saint Charles, dressed in medieval clothing, stand behind Myra Taylor, also wearing medieval clothing and a crown, in a wheelchair during...

Date Published
June-28-2008
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Musicians at Chuck Haddix' book signing

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Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair smiling to her right at the photographer. Seated behind her is Jurgen Welge. Standing behind Jurgen with his hands on...

Date Published
June-08-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor

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Myra Taylor in a publicity photograph. She's wearing a beanie cap, smiling up to her left, and holding her hands up and open by her face. Below the...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor and Bobby Watson at the Grand Emporium

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Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair to the right of Bobby Watson. She holds her purse. Bobby has his left arm around her shoulders, is wearing a straw...

Date Published
May-23-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor and Buck O'Neil at the Blue Room

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Myra Taylor is seated and laughing with her eyes closed while holding a microphone with her right hand and holding her left hand around the shoulder...

Date Published
June-21-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor and Harry Hypolite at the Blue Room

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Harry Hypolite leans forward grinning over a seated Myra Taylor at the Blue Room in front of the bar, 18th & Vine.

Date Published
February-28-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor at the dedication of a park gate in her name

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Myra Taylor; Jackson and Dawayne Gilley sit inside a stretch limousine with the back door opened at the Myra Taylor Park Gate Dedication, 18th &...

Date Published
June-29-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor laughing at the dedication of a park gate in her name

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Myra Taylor, looks down at the table where she's sitting, covers her eyes and laughs as Dawayne Gilley and Connie Humiston stand behind her and hold...

Date Published
June-29-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor recording

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Myra Taylor sitting in a wheelchair with headphones on and singing into a microphone at the Myra Taylor Recording Session at the Airborne Audio...

Date Published
July-31-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor smiles at Unity Temple on the Plaza

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Myra Taylor smiles to her right while holding a microphone in her left hand and wearing a suit with sequin flowers at Unity Temple on the Plaza.

Date Published
February-06-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor wins the best female blues artist from Living Blues Magazine

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Dawayne Gilley stands and seriously hands keys to Jim O'Neal behind the head of a seated and laughing Myra Taylor. Myra is holding two Living Blues...

Date Published
July-21-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor, Bill Maness, Geneva Price, Millie Edwards and Mary Moore sing

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Myra Taylor seated and Bill Maness, Geneva Price, Millie Edwards and Mary Moore standing beside Myra all singing into two microphones at the Myra...

Date Published
June-29-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor, Lydia, Chad and Jasmin Kassem at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2008

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Lydia Kassem stands behind as Chad Kassem kneels beside, holding Jasmin Kassem, Myra Taylor all dressed up and sitting in a wheelchair during the...

Date Published
June-28-2008
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor, Tim Whitmer, Kim Park, Carl Bender, James Albright and Jürgen Welge at Unity Temple on the Plaza

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Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair as Tim Whitmer sits behind her, Kim Park stands behind Tim Whitmer with his hands on Tim's shoulders, Carl Bender...

Date Published
June-08-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Phillip Walker and Myra Taylor at Knuckleheads Saloon

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Phillip Walker, one of the national acts to perform at Knuckleheads Saloon, wearing a flat cap, hugs his electric guitar on his lap and leans toward...

Date Published
July-17-2007
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Ray Charles and Myra Taylor at the Kansas City Music Hall

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Ray Charles, an overcoat draped over his shoulders, looks at the floor to his right as he shakes the hand of a seated Myra Taylor who is wearing a...

Date Published
January-11-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Wild Women and Bill Maness

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The Wild Women: Myra Taylor, Lori Tucker, and Millie Edwards with Bill Maness; stand around a seated Wild Woman, Geneva Price, as they all smile...

Date Published
December-26-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Wild Women and Bill Maness at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

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The Wild Women including Lori Tucker, Geneva Price, Millie Edwards, and Myra Taylor, sit on stage in chairs singing into microphones under posters of...

Date Published
June-25-2006
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (24)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (26)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (24)
  • Gelatin silver prints (24)
  • Group portraits (23)
  • Portrait photographs (3)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • (-) 2001-2010 (26)

Subjects

  • African American women (24)
  • Jazz singers (18)
  • African American jazz musicians (10)
  • Men, White (10)
  • Jazz musicians (9)
  • Singers (8)
  • Blues musicians (7)
  • African American men (6)
  • Jazz musicians, White (5)
  • Women, White (5)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Saxophonists (4)
  • Authors, American (3)
  • Blues festivals (3)
  • Keyboard players (3)
  • Music festivals (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Photographers (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • Baseball players--United States (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Caricatures and cartoons (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Limousines (1)
  • Musicians--Labor unions (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (16)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (3)
  • 18th and Vine District (2)
  • Salina (Kan.) (2)
  • Washington Park (Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Overland Park (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Edwards, Millie (5)
  • Price, Geneva (5)
  • Maness, Bill (Keyboard player) (4)
  • Tucker, Lori (4)
  • Gilley, Dawayne (3)
  • Welge, Jürgen, 1955- (3)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (2)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (2)
  • Bender, Carl (2)
  • Fran, Carol, 1933- (2)
  • Hamza, Luqman (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (2)
  • Whitmer, Tim (2)
  • Charles, Ray, 1930-2004 (1)
  • Crow, Betty (1)
  • Dare, Lou (1)
  • Haddix, Chuck (1)
  • Humiston, Connie (1)
  • Hypolite, Harry (1)
  • Kassem, Chad (1)
  • Kassem, Lydia (1)
  • Moore, Mary (1)
  • O'Neal, Jim, 1948- (1)
  • O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006 (1)
  • Quarles, Evie (1)
  • Saint Charles (Musician) (1)
  • Stroger, Bob (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Walker, Phillip, 1937-2010 (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • (-) Taylor, Myra (26)

Events

  • "Duke Ellington Tribute: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series (2010 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (5th : 2002 : Salina, Kan.) (2)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2008) (2)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2006) (1)
  • Mutual Musicians Foundation. Landmark Ceremony (2003) (1)

Date Published

  • 2001-06-29 (3)
  • 2002-10-18 (2)
  • 2005-06-08 (2)
  • 2008-06-28 (2)
  • 2010-05-02 (2)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2001-07-31 (1)
  • 2001-12-26 (1)
  • 2002-01-11 (1)
  • 2002-02-06 (1)
  • 2002-02-28 (1)
  • 2002-06-21 (1)
  • 2002-07-21 (1)
  • 2003-05-23 (1)
  • 2003-08-10 (1)
  • 2003-10-25 (1)
  • 2004-06-24 (1)
  • 2005-02-02 (1)
  • 2006-06-25 (1)
  • 2007-07-17 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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